unknown port [solved] - Printable Version

unknown port [solved] - Printable Version

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unknown port [solved] - dlutolf - 2010-12-17

when I try to program my device (WebPlatform from dangerousprototypes.com), I get the error "unknown port"

OS: gentoo
kernel: 2.6.37-rc1-00027-gff8b16d
mono-version: mono-2.8.1-r1

command I run: (in a little script to make it easier)

Code:
#!/bin/bash

FILE=/home/dave/dt/locmon/hals/web_platform/uIPStack/output/uIPStack.hex

cd "/home/dave/PIC2/PIC/ds30 Loader/bin"

mono ds30LoaderConsole.exe --port=/dev/web_platform --baudrate=115200 --file=${FILE} --device=dsPIC33FJ128GP204 --write-program "-q=a;b"

notes on the above:
- I tried with and without the -q flag
- the documentation says I can execute ./ds30LoaderConsole.exe directly,
however this fails (invalid executable format). need to run through mono
explicitly
- /dev/web_platform is a symlink (made dynamically with udev) to /dev/ttyUSB0.
same behaviour if I specify /dev/ttyUSB0

general notes:
- I find it irritating to have the "clear screen" command sent to the console
- GUI does not work at all on my system. last time I tried display was messed
up, now I just get an empty window

now, the full output of the run:

Code:
Loading external device database...file not found: /usr/bin/devices.xml

Falling back on internal device database...353 devices found

Parsing hex-file...

    File timestamp: 17.12.2010 15:54:26

    Validating hex-file...ok

    Hex-file successfully parsed

    15308 program words found in 241 rows 

    0 Eeprom words found 

    4 config words found 

File:      /home/dave/dt/locmon/hals/web_platform/uIPStack/output/uIPStack.hex

Device:    dsPIC33FJ128GP204

Port:      /dev/web_platform

Baudrate:  115200  

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Initiating download...Port class instantiation failed: Argument cannot be

null.

Parameter name: type

    Unknown port: /dev/web_platform

Press any key to continue

any ideas?

RE: unknown port - Mikael Gustavsson - 2010-12-18

Thanks for your post!

I'll correct the Linux example in the manual and remove clear screen
GUI not working is out of my hand, except if I reworked it using gtk# instead of winforms. Something I wont do.

What output do you get from mono ds30LoaderConsole.exe --list-ports?

Do you really want to use "-q=a;b"? I think not.

RE: unknown port - dlutolf - 2010-12-18

Quote:Thanks for your post!

my pleasure! we've found your BL to be a great thing (at least under M$WIN). it's going to be a great help to distribute hardware and custom firmwares to people who don't have a programmer. means we can tolerate more hard-coded stuff :-)

Quote:GUI not working is out of my hand, except if I reworked it using gtk# instead of winforms. Something I wont do.

don't worry about it. as long as I get a console app I'm happy :-)

Quote:I'll correct the Linux example in the manual and remove clear screen

sweet

now, some more output:

Code:
$ mono ds30LoaderConsole.exe --list-ports

Loading external device database...file not found: /usr/bin/devices.xml

Falling back on internal device database...353 devices found

Available ports

End of available ports, exiting

Press any key to continue

same thing if I run as root.

FYI:

Code:
# dmesg|tail -8

usb 4-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 4

ftdi_sio 4-1:1.0: FTDI USB Serial Device converter detected

usb 4-1: Detected FT232RL

usb 4-1: Number of endpoints 2

usb 4-1: Endpoint 1 MaxPacketSize 64

usb 4-1: Endpoint 2 MaxPacketSize 64

usb 4-1: Setting MaxPacketSize 64

usb 4-1: FTDI USB Serial Device converter now attached to ttyUSB0

# lsusb

[snip]

Bus 004 Device 004: ID 0403:6001 Future Technology Devices International, Ltd FT232 USB-Serial (UART) IC

just out of curiosity, I removed the udev rule that creates the symlink - the problem is not there

do I need to say the same hardware was flashed successfully under windows? since my leds are blinking the way they should (and previous output), I have no reason to believe it's hardware related.

oh yeah.. another remark: I find it strange to look for the xml device list in /usr/bin - shouldn't this dir hold only executables?
and yet another (trivial) one: the loader cannot load /usr/bin/devices.xml when it is a symlink

from the kernel version I suppose you've guessed I have a custom config and not a pre-compiled kernel. let me know if there's any more info I can give you.

RE: unknown port - Mikael Gustavsson - 2010-12-18

D you use gnome or kde? I works great with gnome in openSuse and Ubuntu.

You probably need to run as root unless you have changed permissions on /dev/ttyUSB0.

Try first to run from the bin directory from the zip-package with all files present in the same directory.

RE: unknown port - dlutolf - 2010-12-19

I did run as root, and from the bin dir (I cd to it the script, the only file not in the dir is the hex I want to flash). my first tries where done as root in the dir anyway, without the script.

I haver neither gnome nor kde, but fvwm (because it rules). console apps should run without X anyway Undecided

RE: unknown port - Mikael Gustavsson - 2010-12-19

Sry, about window manager, I was of course referring to the GUI. The console application shouldn't require X.

Are the ds30LoaderPort*.dll files located together with ds30LoaderConsole.exe?

RE: unknown port - dlutolf - 2010-12-19

yes

Code:
$ls -l

total 1628

-rw-r--r-- 1 dave dave  69632 28 aoû 13:10 canlibCLSNET.dll

-rw-r--r-- 1 dave dave 129452  2 nov 21:15 devices.xml

-rw-r--r-- 1 dave dave  18944  5 nov 21:45 ds30LoaderConsole.exe

-rw-r--r-- 1 dave dave  84992 29 oct 18:44 ds30 Loader.dll

-rw-r--r-- 1 dave dave 141312  5 nov 21:46 ds30 Loader GUI.exe

-rw-r--r-- 1 dave dave  20480 30 oct 16:03 ds30LoaderPortIxxat.dll

-rw-r--r-- 1 dave dave  18944 30 oct 16:03 ds30LoaderPortKvaser.dll

-rw-r--r-- 1 dave dave  23552  5 nov 21:45 ds30LoaderPortPCAN.dll

-rw-r--r-- 1 dave dave  19456 29 oct 18:44 ds30LoaderPortSerial.dll

-rw-r--r-- 1 dave dave  24064 30 oct 16:03 ds30LoaderPortVector.dll

-rw-r--r-- 1 dave dave  16896 10 oct 16:29 GHelper.dll

-rw-r--r-- 1 dave dave   1225 21 avr  2010 ixxatBitRates.xml

-rw-r--r-- 1 dave dave 299520 15 oct 08:36 PCANBasic.dll

-rw-r--r-- 1 dave dave 380416 15 oct 08:36 PCANBasic_x64.dll

-rw-r--r-- 1 dave dave   2731  8 nov 11:18 settings.xml

-rw-r--r-- 1 dave dave  90232 29 jui 17:01 vcinet2.dll

-rw-r--r-- 1 dave dave    953 23 jun 21:56 vectorBitRates.xml

-rw-r--r-- 1 dave dave 178688 31 aoû 14:48 vxlapi.dll

-rw-r--r-- 1 dave dave 109128  8 sep 10:12 vxlapi_NET20.dll

RE: unknown port - Mikael Gustavsson - 2010-12-19

There seems to be a problem with the path. If you execute from home/dave/PIC2/PIC/ds30 Loader/bin, you shouldn't get "..file not found:/usr/bin/devices.xml"

Try

Code:
cd "/home/dave/PIC2/PIC/ds30 Loader/bin"

mono ./ds30LoaderConsole.exe --list-ports

You should get something like this:

Quote:linux-jetf:/home/mikael/Download/ds30 Loader/bin # mono ds30LoaderConsole.exe --list-ports
KDE colorscheme read failure, using built-in colorscheme

Loading port plugin ds30LoaderPortIxxat.dll: no supported on this OS
Loading port plugin ds30LoaderPortKvaser.dll: no supported on this OS
Loading port plugin ds30LoaderPortPCAN.dll: no supported on this OS
Loading port plugin ds30LoaderPortSerial.dll: found 9 ports
Loading port plugin ds30LoaderPortVector.dll: no supported on this OS
Loading external device database...408 devices found

Available ports
/dev/ttyS0, no restrictions on baud/bitrate by ds30 Loader
/dev/ttyS1, no restrictions on baud/bitrate by ds30 Loader
/dev/ttyS2, no restrictions on baud/bitrate by ds30 Loader
/dev/ttyS3, no restrictions on baud/bitrate by ds30 Loader
/dev/ttyS4, no restrictions on baud/bitrate by ds30 Loader
/dev/ttyS5, no restrictions on baud/bitrate by ds30 Loader
/dev/ttyS6, no restrictions on baud/bitrate by ds30 Loader
/dev/ttyS7, no restrictions on baud/bitrate by ds30 Loader
/dev/ttyUSB0, no restrictions on baud/bitrate by ds30 Loader

End of available ports, exiting
Press any key to continue

RE: unknown port - dlutolf - 2010-12-20

I confirm, I get the same (wrong) output when running ds30LoaderConsole.exe as root from the bin directory.

RE: unknown port - Mikael Gustavsson - 2010-12-20

Do you still get "Loading external device database...file not found: /usr/bin/devices.xml", or is it another path?

RE: unknown port - dlutolf - 2010-12-20

exact same thing

RE: unknown port - Mikael Gustavsson - 2010-12-20

Here are three different versions, please test all three and let me know which ones work.

bin3 is hard coded and should be put in /home/dave/PIC2/PIC/ds30 Loader/bin.

RE: unknown port - dlutolf - 2010-12-24

hey Mikael, thanks for the archive

not really sure where you want me to put the files, so here's what I did:

copied all bin? dirs to /home/dave/PIC2/PIC/ds30 Loader/

I end up with

Code:
$ls -1R /home/dave/PIC2/PIC/ds30 Loader/

/home/dave/PIC2/PIC/ds30 Loader/:

API sample projects

bin

bin1

bin2

bin3

COPYING.txt

documentation

firmware dsPIC30F

firmware dsPIC33F

firmware PIC16F

firmware PIC18F

firmware PIC18FJ

firmware PIC24F

firmware PIC24FJ

firmware PIC24H

links

source

tools

[snip]

/home/dave/PIC2/PIC/ds30 Loader/bin:

canlibCLSNET.dll

devices.xml

ds30LoaderConsole.exe

ds30 Loader.dll

ds30 Loader GUI.exe

ds30LoaderPortIxxat.dll

ds30LoaderPortKvaser.dll

ds30LoaderPortPCAN.dll

ds30LoaderPortSerial.dll

ds30LoaderPortVector.dll

GHelper.dll

ixxatBitRates.xml

PCANBasic.dll

PCANBasic_x64.dll

settings.xml

vcinet2.dll

vectorBitRates.xml

vxlapi.dll

vxlapi_NET20.dll

/home/dave/PIC2/PIC/ds30 Loader/bin1:

devices.xml

ds30LoaderConsole.exe

ds30 Loader.dll

ds30LoaderPortSerial.dll

GHelper.dll

/home/dave/PIC2/PIC/ds30 Loader/bin2:

devices.xml

ds30LoaderConsole.exe

ds30 Loader.dll

ds30LoaderPortSerial.dll

GHelper.dll

/home/dave/PIC2/PIC/ds30 Loader/bin3:

devices.xml

ds30LoaderConsole.exe

ds30 Loader.dll

ds30LoaderPortSerial.dll

GHelper.dll

[snip]

I then cd'ed to each of the bin? dir, then executed

Code:
$ mono ds30LoaderConsole.exe --list-ports

it seemed to work in all three cases, with a few slight differences.

output is attached

ps: *.tgz files not allowed on the forum? what a shame..

pps: oh, I forgot to mention I don't have my web platform here, forgot it at a friend's place... so I couldn't actually try to upload a new hex file